Gibbe meaning | Last name Gibbe origin

Is a variant form of Gipp. See Gilbert - A personal name, largely introduced at the Norman Conquest, in the form of Gislebertus. It is not only a very common surname, but has given birth to Gibb, Gibbs, Gybbes, Gibbard, Gibbings, Gibbonson, Gibson, Gill, Gilks, Gilpin, and many others.

Diminutives of the Norman personal name Gislebertus, or Gilbert. According to B.L.G. several of the gentry families of this name, viz., those of Belmont, county of Somerset; Al denham, county of Herts: Tyntesfield, county of Somerset; and apparently those of Derry, county of Cork, are descended from two brothers, Gibbe or Gibbes, temp. Richard II., one of whom was settled at Honington, county of Warwick, and the other at Fenton, county of Devon. Jenkin Gibbes, temp. Henry VII., a scion of the house of Fenton, whose descendants were of Elmerstone, county of Kent, possessed an ancient roll deducing the family from No mandy, where they were resident long be fore the Conquest of England. B.L.G. The identity of this name with the French De Guibes has not been established, nor is it at all probable.

Family name Gibbe is a variant of Gipp. The son of Gip, a pet form of Gilbert meaning "pledge, bright".

The variation of Gibbs. Descendant of Gib, a pet form of Gilbert meaning "pledge, bright".

Lastname is the variant form of the Gibb. Diminutives of the Norman personal name Gislebertus, or Gilbert. According to B.L.G. several of the gentry families of this name, viz., those of Belmont, county of Somerset; Al denham, county of Herts: Tyntesfield, county of Somerset; and apparently those of Derry, county of Cork, are descended from two brothers, Gibbe or Gibbes, temp. Richard II., one of whom was settled at Honington, county of Warwick, and the other at Fenton, county of Devon. Jenkin Gibbes, temp. Henry VII., a scion of the house of Fenton, whose descendants were of Elmerstone, county of Kent, possessed an ancient roll deducing the family from No mandy, where they were resident long be fore the Conquest of England. B.L.G. The identity of this name with the French De Guibes has not been established, nor is it at all probable.